Jack Taylor (swimmer)
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Jack Taylor (American swimmer)
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| Full name | Jack George Neil Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 31, 1931 Akron, Ohio, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 30, 1955 (aged 24) near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | U.S. Navy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack George Neil Taylor (January 31, 1931 – May 30, 1955) was an American competition
men's 100-meter backstroke
.
Taylor was born in
naval aviator in the United States Navy; he died practicing aircraft carrier landings near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
at the age of 24.
He is a member of Ohio State University's sports hall of fame.[2]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jack Taylor (swimmer).
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Taylor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ OhioStateBuckeyes.com, Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame Archived 2012-11-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
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